Higher-order Mode Suppression in Chalcogenide Negative Curvature Fibers with Gaps between Cladding Tubes

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Wei, Chengli, Curtis Menyuk, and Jonathan Hu. “Higher-Order Mode Suppression in Chalcogenide Negative Curvature Fibers with Gaps between Cladding Tubes.” In Advanced Photonics 2016 (IPR, NOMA, Sensors, Networks, SPPCom, SOF) (2016), Paper JTu4A.32, JTu4A.32. Optica Publishing Group, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1364/IPRSN.2016.JTu4A.32.

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Abstract

We study higher-order mode suppression in chalcogenide negative curvature fibers at 5 μm. The loss ratio of the higher-order core modes to the fundamental core mode can reach 110. The loss of the fundamental mode is 0.07 dB/m.